EU ministers agree to sanction violent West Bank settlers: What to know

European foreign ministers have agreed to sanction extremist West Bank settlers, but are still discussing the list of names.

Rina Bassist

May 11, 2026

BRUSSELS — The European Union is imposing a new package of sanctions targeting violent West Bank settlers and far-right Israeli individuals, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday.

Kallas wrote in a post on X that a Monday meeting of EU foreign ministers had greenlit the sanctions. “It was high time we move from deadlock to delivery,” she wrote.

While an official list has not been published, Haaretz, citing a senior European source, reported that the measures target four pro-settlement organizations — Nahala, Amana, Regavim and Judea and Samaria Hashomer — as well as three individuals: Hashomer head Avichai Swissa, Regavim head Meir Doitch and Amana founder Daniela Weiss.

The Israeli government reportedly sought to keep the list as short as possible.

Palestinians, rights groups and international observers have increasingly warned of a worsening climate of violence in the West Bank, including rising arson attacks, vandalism and the displacement of farming communities near settlements. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of........

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